Travis Dye details what makes this USC team unique

USC‘s new look roster has looked like a success so far this year under new head coach Lincoln Riley, as the Trojans are currently ranked No. 7 in the country without a loss on their record. The Trojans are largely comprised of new transfer portal additions, including running back Travis Dye.

Dye transferred to USC from Oregon, where he was a part of multiple conference championship teams, and explained what makes this team different than past ones that he’s been on.

“Just the guys and the unselfishness throughout the team,” Dye said. “We all know we have so many good players on this team, and sharing the wealth isn’t something that maybe guys did at their other schools, the ones who transferred in.”

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The Trojans definitely have a lot of mouths to feed and have been feeding them well so far this season. USC already has 4 rushers that have reached 50 plus yards this season, as well as 14 different players who’ve recorded at least one reception in the first three weeks of the season.

“And so we had to acknowledge that, we are all really good, if we all get the ball it’s dangerous. And so just learning how to share the wealth, learning how to be selfless, it’s a really big part,” Dye said.

The Trojan’s distribution of wealth has surely been working for them so far this season, and it’ll be interesting if it works moving forward, especially this upcoming week, as they face an undefeated Oregon State team on the road this Saturday night.

Travis Dye details how quickly he got acclimated inside USC locker room

USC transfer running back Travis Dye joined the Trojans earlier this year, along with many other transfer additions. But Dye said despite his short amount of time with the team, that he meshed and bonded with the team very quickly through their offseason workouts and practices.

“I’ll guess with any team it’s with the workouts and everything you do with the football because this stuff is hard, it’s not easy so you glue together with the guys. But there’s something different about this team and these guys, it was so much quicker and so much better than any other group I’ve been a part of,” Dye said.

Dye attributes the easy transition to the USC players that were already on the roster for creating a welcoming environment for him, and hopefully for other players with so many new faces on the roster and with team camaraderie being so crucial to success.

“These guys they brought me in and I was one with them so quick I couldn’t even process it really. I feel like I’ve been here for five years, I just got here last February, but it was all thanks to the guys that were here before me setting that up,” Dye said.

Dye had a phenomenal four-year career at Oregon before joining the Trojans, accumulating 3,111 rushing yards (fifth most in school history), 869 receiving yards, and 305 kickoff return yards.  Dye was the Ducks rushing and receiving leader last season, and the Trojans are hoping that he and other transfers Caleb Williams and Jordan Addison can be a three-headed monster in Lincoln Riley‘s offense this season.